macrolipasemia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The presence of macrolipases in the blood; when clinically detected, macrolipasemia has usually produced hyperlipasemia because renal clearance does not handle the macromolecules of enzyme in the same way that it would handle normal-sized enzyme molecules.

Word forms

macrolipasemia macrolipasemias

Etymology

From macrolipase + -emia.

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